CTIA 2009: Awww Snap — New HTC Phone Apes Blackberry Bold

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CTIA 2009: Awww Snap — New HTC Phone Apes Blackberry Bold

LAS VEGAS — Hey look, another case of a hack of the clones!

HTC's newest smartphone, the (awww) Snap, pretty much resembles the Blackberry Bold in every way. Save for its OS (Win-Mo) and slightly different button configuration, it, uh, looks pretty much exactly the same as RIM's device.

Internally the Snap's got a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor, 192 MB RAM, 3GHSPA, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi at the 802.11G spec, and GPS. Also making appearances are a QWERTY keypad (doy), a 2-megapixel camera (weak), and a 2.4-inch screen (shiny).

Availability? Early summer. Price? Unknown.

We'll have a hands on for y'all as soon as they allow us on the floor of the show.

HTC marketing jive after the jump.

Photo: HTC.

HTC Snap™ makes staying in touch with more people less complicated.HTC's newest QWERTY smartphone features "Inner Circle" to automatically prioritize email from life's most important people

LAS VEGAS – April 1, 2009 - HTC Corporation today debuted its newestQWERTY smartphone, the HTC Snap™. Designed with a set of features selected to deliver everything customers need without overwhelming them with things they don't, the HTC Snap makes it easier than ever to stay in contact with life's most important people.

A recent study conducted by Harris Interactive® and commissioned byHTC* found that 44% of US adults are often overwhelmed by the amount of email they receive, and over half (55%) of US adults prioritize five or fewer people with whom they communicate via email. In response to these issues, HTC's innovative Inner Circle feature allows HTC Snap users to press a dedicated Inner Circle key to bring emails from a preselected group of people to the top of their inbox, enabling important messages to be acted upon immediately.

"Recognizing that people are being overwhelmed by an avalanche of email, the HTC Snap introduces Inner Circle, an HTC innovation that makes it easy for people to prioritize messages from the most important people in their lives at the press of a button," said John Wang, ChiefMarketing Officer, HTC Corporation. "The HTC Snap represents the latest step in HTC's mission to create a range of innovative smartphones, each with specific benefits designed to both surprise and delight our customers."With a slim, sleek profile designed to fit perfectly in the hand, theHTC Snap measures less than a half-inch thick (12 mm), yet it can deliver up to eight and a half hours of talk time with the standard1500mAh battery. The full QWERTY keyboard is ergonomically designed with extra-large domed keys and responsive tactile feedback to make typing emails and text messages fast, accurate and comfortable.High-speed 3G HSPA connectivity makes it quick and easy to send pictures to friends, access favorite social networking sites, or download large files while on the go.

The HTC Snap is powerful enough for experienced business users looking for an affordable, straightforward choice for remotely synchronizing email, calendar and contacts with their MicrosoftExchange server. However, the flexible Microsoft Windows Mobile®6.1 Standard platform allows the HTC Snap to also be simple enough for first-time smartphone users wanting to keep their family life organized.

The HTC Snap is expected to be available in select channels during the second quarter of 2009, rolling out in markets around the world throughout the second half of the year. Additionally, an unlocked version supporting HSDPA at 850/1900MHz for the US market will be made available under the name HTC S522 during the summer.